Pivoted head cuff link



Oct. 5, 1954 c. s. MARIEN 2,690,602

PIvoTEn HEAD CUFF LINK Filed March 3, 1951 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 5, 1954 STATES PATENT OFFICE PIVOTED HEAD CUFF LINK Clement S. Marien, Attleboro, Mass.,I assigner to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware 3 Claims. l

This invention relates to a culi link of the type which has one head rockable about the end of a post for positioning through the button holes of the cuil", after which the head may be swung on its pivot to prevent withdrawing of the culi link from the cuff.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cuff link with a post and head which may be aligned for passing through the cuff and with the head rockable about the post to extend at right angles to the post after the link is positioned in the culi while the post will at the same time be angularly rearranged to dispose the head in line with the converging edge of the cui? after being positioned in the cuff.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cuff link which will have the head and jointed post aligned for passing through the cuff, and which when the head is swung to a position for retention in the cuff will also swing the post to the position which it is desired the post shall assume in the cuff.

Another object of the invention is to utilize the head for locking the post in desired position for passing it through the cuff.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure l is an elevation illustrating the cuff link in the position which it will assume when in the cuff.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but illustrating in section the pivoted head and one part of the post.

Figure 3 is an elevational view showing the link in the position which it will assume for passing the same through the button holes of the cuff.

Figure 4 is a View at right angles to the View of Figure 3, but showing the parts in the position of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an exploded view of the various parts which go to -make up the link assembly.

In proceeding with this invention I have formed the post in two sections which are hinged together, and I have provided a pivoted head at the free end of one of these sections which is in a channel shape, and which will swing so that its side walls overlap the joint of the two hinged post sections, and will lock them against pivotal relations, and I have provided a spring within the section to which the head is pivoted so that the head may be retained by this spring in either one of three denite positions while at the same time the spring urges the sections of the post to maintain them in a definite angular relation on either one or the other side with reference to the vertical center line of the post.

With reference to the drawings, I have provided a post designated generally I0, Figures i, 3, and which is formed of two sections II and I2. The section II, as shown in Figure 5,has a head I3 xed at one end of the post section, the section being generally rectangular in shape and the head also being rectangular. At the opposite end of section Il, there are forined twofaces I4 and I5 which are in planes at 45 to the longitudinal axis of the post section II. The opposite' faces of this rectangular post are cut away, as at I6 and I1, and an opening I8 is provide through the post with its axis parallel to the planes of the faces I4 and I5.

The post section I2 is tubular with a hollow core, and is also of rectangular cross section of substantially the samevsize as the rectangular cro-ss section of the post II. Two of the walls ISI-20 of this section I2 are extended beyond the other walls 2l and 22 to provide ears 23 and 24 with openings 25 in them. These ears t along the surfaces I6 and I'I with the openings 25 aligned or registered with the opening I8. The thickness of the ears 23 and 24 is such as to cause the outer surfaces of the ears tol be substantially flush with the walls of the post l I so as to provide substantially smooth surfaces in a single plane. A pin 26 extends through the registered openings I8 and 25, and is headed so as to maintain the two post sections in a hinged relation so that they may freely swing one with reference to the other.

A pivotal head is designated 21, and comprises a channel shaped formation having side walls 28 extending from a bridging wall 29. These side walls 28 are provided with Square holes 30 into which a square pin 3| extends. This square pin passes through the circular holes 32 and 33 in the walls 2l and 22 of the post section I2, so as to pivotally mount this pin l3l in these holes.

Within the hollow section I2, I have provided a helical spring 34 which presses axially of the spring in opposite directions. It engages a button 35 having a stud 3B entering the spring at one end, and which will engage the face Id or I5 of the post I I, or engage the chisel end 31 between these two faces while at the other end the spring presses against button 38 having a neck 39 to enter and be centered by the spring. This button presses against one of the at faces of the Din 3 I.

In order to insert this cuff link through the button holes of the cul, the sections II and I2 are positioned in substantially longitudinal axial alignment, and the head 2'1 is swung one side or the other so that it is also in substantial alignment with the post I 0, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. In this position the button 38 engages one of the faces of the square pin 3I so as to hold it substantially in alignment while the opposite side walls 28 of the head prevent the rocking of the sections II and I2 with reference to each other and thus hold them substantially in alignment, as the pivotal axes of the sections II, I2 and the head 21 are at right angles to each other. The button head being held in this position may then be easily passed through the button holes of the cuff, and as soon as it is passed through, usually by pressure of the thumb, the forenger may engage the head 21 to swing it about its axis from its position shown in Figures 3 and 4 to the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, and at the same time that pressure is exerted to swing this head, as soon as it rotates so that its walls are free from. the hinge connection between the sections of the post, the sections are then free to swing on this hinge and will rock to the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, thus causing the post sections to become angularly related and better aligned with the opposite edges of the cuff. A reverse of this operation may occur for removing the link from the cu.

I claim:

1. A cui link comprising a post having two hingedly related sections, one of which is tubular, a pivot pin carrying a head rockably mounted on the free end of the tubular section and carrying angularly related flat surfaces, said other section presenting angularly related at surfaces, and means within the tubular section pressing on the flat surfaces to assist in maintaining the sections and pivoted head in denite relative positions to each other, said head being channel shaped with its side walls straddling the section to which it is pivoted, said side walls overlapping the hinge between said post sections on either side thereof when swung to align with the post to block swinging of the sections on the hinge.

2. A cui link comprising a post having two hingedly related sections, onerof which is tubular, a pivot pin carrying a head rockably mounted on the free end of the tubular section and carrying angularly related flat surfaces, said other section presenting angularly related nat surfaces, and means within the tubular section pressing on the flat surfaces to assist in maintaining the sections and pivoted head in definite relative positions to each other, the hinge axis between said sections and the pivotal axis of said head extending in right angular directions, said head being channel shaped with its side walls straddling the section to which it is pivoted, said side Walls overlapping the hinge between said post sections on either side thereof when swung to align with the post to block swinging the sections on their hinge.

3. A cu link comprising a post having two hingedly related sections, one of' which is tubular, a pivot pin carrying a head rockably mounted on the free end of the tubular section and carrying angularly related at surfaces, said other section presenting angularly related at surfaces, and means within the tubular section pressing on the ilat surfaces to assist in maintaining the sections and pivoted head in denite relative positions to each other, the said flat surfaces of said other post section lying in planes at substantially degrees to a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the post section, and a button within the tubular section being pressed by said means against one of said faces to hold the section extending at right angles to the plane of the face engaged.

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